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efni Sep 2020
Over and over,
Round and round.
Killing the mind.
Sealing the mouth.

Smiling, laughing.
Bullets in my head.
The worst part is
They don’t know
I’m almost dead.

Begging the heart,
Not my own will.
I’m holding the gun,
Just shoot. Don’t ****.

Haven’t you learned?
You’re hurting me.
You’re hurting us.
Just let go of me.

But you’re not holding on,
I’m gripping the knife.
I’m killing myself,
With no blood on my arm.

Blood on my mind,
Heart, soul.
Telling my own heart.
To leave me alone.

Nobody knows,
No one understands.
I am being murdered,
By my own hand.

Please don’t help me,
Because if you do
I’ll be so happy
Why can’t you see?

You will come.
You will leave.
I’m back at the start
Pulling the trigger.
Destroying my heart.

But I have none.
Not one small scar.
I’m perfectly fine,
If you look from a far.

As you look from a far,
At this dazzling star.
Shining for you.
A beautiful flame.

So, that very flame,
Is the cause of my pain?

Unstoppable, Unbreakable,
Slowly killing me inside.
Soon I’ll disappear,
But I would not have died.

My heart, my flame,
My mind will be dead.
I torture my soul,
With every thought in my head.

How to describe it,
To describe my death?
Well my heart took a gun,
And killed itself.

Why? You ask?
Well that’s painfully simple,
And horribly true.
The cause of my abuse,

Is my love for you.

30.12.16
an old poem i found while cleaning out my files

i guess i've been sad for a while now
efni Sep 2020
"Please let me sleep"
I whisper softly, frozen in my bed
Between my mouth's shivering breaths

"Someone save me, someone tell me
How to survive with a mind, soul,
heart so longing for death."

Please let me sleep.

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an old poem i found on a scrap of notebook paper, likely written in 2016/2017
efni Sep 2020
waves of optimism
buffered by boulders
of numbness

light of hope
shaded by walls
of failure

breath of life
choked by hands
of death

𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦

01.09.20
hope is terrifying to me now
so i choke it out
but it's never enough
efni Sep 2020
what is the ocean
without the moon to guide it
or the sky to cast it's blue?

but what is the world
without the ocean?

and what is your world
without you?

09.09.20
it's okay to accept help from each other to be our best selves.
everyone, hell, every single thing needs each other.
that's the beauty of life.
efni Sep 2020
you show no regret for your depth and
no remorse for those who drown upon an
encounter with your incredible power

nor do you hesitate to forgive yourself
though your eternity is spent raising waves
that ungratefully crash nevertheless

09.09.20
the ocean is not only beautiful and life-giving
but formidable yet vulnerable in many ways
much to think about...
  Sep 2020 efni
amanda
i have this tendency to believe
that i only become more broken
as i crash into more obstacles
in life and in love

but the river reminds me
that water only becomes more pure
with every rock that tries to stop it
you ever stop to think
that the things you’re
up against
are only making you
the purest form of you?
  Sep 2020 efni
John White
I want to feel worthwhile
I want a peaceful mind
that turns away from suicide.

I want life to be
my greatest accomplishment,
not death.
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